Trump's new ban dodges pitfalls confronted by final try, consultants say

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US President Donald Trump has issued a sweeping new journey ban for individuals from 12 international locations, revisiting an indicator coverage of his first time period in workplace.

There are some key variations, nonetheless.

The unique journey ban suffered a sequence of authorized defeats. This time, the coverage seems to have been designed to keep away from the identical pitfalls.

Its predecessor, which focused seven predominantly Muslim international locations and was dubbed the "Muslim ban" by critics, was ordered only a week after Trump took workplace in 2017, throughout his first time period within the White Home.

The ban was amended twice to beat courtroom challenges, after opponents argued it was unconstitutional and unlawful as a result of it discriminated towards travellers primarily based on their faith.

A scaled-back model was finally upheld by the US Supreme Court docket in 2018, which this new ban intently resembles.

Authorized consultants informed the BBC that it appeared Trump had realized classes from his first try.

Christi Jackson, an skilled in US immigration regulation on the London agency Laura Devine Immigration, stated the brand new ban was extra legally strong because of this.

Whereas the primary lacked "readability", the brand new restrictions had been "wider in scope" and had "clearly outlined" exemptions, she stated.

Whereas there are some similarities within the nations chosen by the 2017 ban and the 2025 ban, Muslim-majority states aren't the categorical goal of the most recent order.

Barbara McQuade, professor of regulation on the College of Michigan and former US lawyer for the Jap District of Michigan, informed the BBC World Service's Newshour programme that, on this foundation, it appeared more likely to win the approval of the Supreme Court docket if it was ever referred as much as that degree.

The 12 international locations topic to the harshest restrictions from 9 June are primarily within the Center East, Africa and the Caribbean, together with Afghanistan, Iran and Somalia.

There can be partial restrictions on travellers from one other seven international locations, together with Cuban and Venezuelan nationals.

Trump stated the power of the restrictions can be graded towards the severity of the perceived menace, together with from terrorism.

However moreover Iran, not one of the 12 international locations hit by the outright ban are named on the US authorities's state sponsors of terrorism listing.

Trump cited Sunday's incident in Boulder, Colorado, through which a person was accused of throwing Molotov cocktails at demonstrators attending a march for Israeli hostages, in a video saying the ban on X.

The alleged attacker was an Egyptian nationwide. Nevertheless, Egypt doesn't seem on both listing.

Watch: President Trump declares journey ban from "high-risk areas"

Trump additionally specified excessive charges of individuals overstaying their visas as a cause for itemizing sure international locations.

Nevertheless, Steven D Heller, an immigration lawyer primarily based within the US, stated there was a "lack of readability" over what threshold needed to be met by a rustic's overstaying price to ensure that that nation to be positioned on Trump's ban listing. That might be the premise for a profitable authorized problem, he instructed.

"In the event that they're counting on this notion of extreme overstay charges... they should outline what that truly means," he informed the BBC.

However he famous that current US regulation gave the president broad powers over immigration coverage.

Not like the primary ban, which was to final for less than 90 to 120 days, right this moment's order has no finish date.

It has been met with dismay within the focused international locations.

Venezuela has described the Trump administration as "supremacists who assume they personal the world", although Somalia has pledged to "interact in dialogue to deal with the considerations raised".

The unique ban spurred mass protests and sowed chaos at US airports.

It was repealed in 2021 by Trump's successor, President Joe Biden, who known as the coverage "a stain on our nationwide conscience".

Immigration lawyer Shabnam Lotfi, who challenged the earlier journey ban, stated it could be an "uphill battle" to overturn the brand new one.

"The president does have the authority to find out who's admissible to the US," she stated, including that due to the best way the ban had been written, it was "more durable to seek out an enormous group of individuals that might file a class-action lawsuit".

"They've put extra thought into it."

Ms Lotfi famous that the brand new restrictions may have penalties for college kids and different visa candidates overseas.

"College students who're caught in administrative processing are impacted. So are winners of the range visa lottery who paid charges and went to interviews - they're unlikely to get visas now," she stated.

"Even EB-5 traders - individuals who've put over $1 million into the US financial system - are affected. And H-1B visa holders caught overseas, ready to return to their US employers, may be blocked."